Next Step: Rehammer the Outline

Why do I call it that?  Well, because writing a book feels more like 'building' a book.  To build a house, you hammer the boards together to make the frame.  That's what an outline is to me.  A frame.  I wrote the outline once, but then I wrote the first draft.  I didn't stay exactly on the outline, because other things worked out and some things did not work out.  So, I'm going back through the first draft and rewriting the outline to reflect the first draft, scene by scene.  I don't outline like  normal folks, I guess.  Anyway, once that's done, I make sure there's lots of spaces in between scenes in the outline and then I print it up.  And then, yawn, I slowly read through the first draft and jot down everything on the paper copy that's missing, needs to be researched, and/or added.  And once that's all done and the research is all done, it will be time for the Second Draft.  The wordcount inevitable explodes on that.  Okay, I've had my two days off, so it's baaaaack to write!